Ricardo Lancaster-Jones y Verea MA BE KHS (February 9, 1905 – January 20, 1983) was a Mexican historian, diplomat, scholar, professor, art collector and sugarcane entrepreneur who made significant contributions toward the study of the haciendas of the State of Jalisco (Mexico) in the twentieth century. He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the second largest city in Mexico; studied in both Mexico (Instituto de Ciencias, Guadalajara, Jalisco and Escuela Libre de Ingenieros, Guadalajara, Jalisco) and the United States (St Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana and University of Dayton, Ohio). He got a Topographical Engineer degree at the Escuela Libre de Ingenieros (1928) and a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree at the University of Dayton (1929).